Kerry Kennedy criticizes Westchester County for going after 'every single' DUI, outraging families of drunken driving victims
Kennedy, 54, was acquitted by a jury Friday of driving under the influence of a prescription sleep aid. She appeared Monday on NBC’s “Today” show to talk about the trial and her work.
“When asked by NBC on Monday, I said that every person whom the district attorney and police officers believe to be guilty of the crime of driving under the influence should be prosecuted,” she said in a statement to the Daily News.
“That’s where our resources should be spent. We cannot have criminal drunk or drugged drivers on our roads. What we should not do is prosecute people who the district attorney and police believe to be innocent of the crime, simply because of county protocol requiring all cases to be pursued.”
The Daily News reported on Tuesday that Kennedy thought it was a “terrible policy” to pursue every single case of driving under the influence. She argued on the show that it was bad policy to prosecute the cases “whether the police think the person’s innocent, whether the DA thinks they’re innocent.”
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